Resolutions and Absolutions

Do you make a list of things you want to change, give up, do better in the new year? I used too. Now I just hope for the best:) Of couse there are the usual, lose weight, quit smoking (Again!) reduce debt but what about our own spirituality? Do we add this to our list? Do we try more to live in the present instead of the past or spend any precious moments we're given worrying about the future? This is my goal for 2010 - forget about the usual and strive toward the unusual. Turn off the distracting television, I am sick of their version of reality anyway, and turn on peaceful music, painting on my Buddha board, living in the moment and treasuing life more. If I could you all any gift, it would be this. Be Zen, be peaceful, be loving, be kind and do not hate. Leave those things behind you and look forward. Breathe and stay grounded. Peace and love to you all.

Toward a New Year

Christmas takes so much time to prepare for. All the wrapping, the purchasing of that special somethings for the people you love, the baking the cleaning, and then within moments is over and you are left feeling a bit empty. The thrill of Christmas Eve has stayed with me since I was old enough to remember it. It's magical. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could keep that magical, positive spirit active year round? The kindness of people on this one special night is something that would make our world a peaceful place. It was very hurtful to hear that another Canadian soldier died on Christmas Eve. With previous wars, you knew your enemy. He wore a different uniform and on this special night, a peace was garnered and adhered too. Now, the enemy is dressed like everyone else. He/she may be a child, a woman or a young man. The same face, the same eyes, the same hatred buried deep within from centuries of killing each other, and peace is not a word that cleanses their hearts. So sad that humanity has fallen so far. We should never have stepped into this war. It is not for us to tell a country how to live. This type of so called democracy has never worked before when invasion is part of the plan. It will never work no matter how many people die. When will man listen???